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A crowd of about 4,000 crammed the Coney Island Amphitheater for the Chosen Comedy Festival, Aug. 16, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Mike Monti)
Posted inOpinion

The Catskills meet Mount Sinai at a night of unifying Jewish comedy

by Andrew Silow-Carroll August 22, 2022August 22, 2022
A Shabbat service at Urban Adamah in 2017. (Photo/File)
Posted inMusic

Berkeley Jewish music retreat will be ‘a mini university’

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 22, 2022August 26, 2022
Dana Bash, a correspondent and anchor on CNN. (Photo/JTA-CNN-HBO Max)
Posted inNews

Dana Bash says her new CNN special on antisemitism is ‘one of the most important things I’ve ever done’

by Andrew Lapin and JTA August 22, 2022
Abbi Jacobson (right) in "A League of Their Own" on Amazon.
Posted inCulture

In ‘A League of Their Own,’ queer representation is a home run. But Jewish representation leaves much to be desired

Nora Berman by Nora Berman and Forward August 19, 2022
Background illustration by Josh Baum, from "Malkah's Notebook"
Posted inAuthor! Author!

Children’s books by local Jewish authors educate and delight

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 19, 2022July 23, 2024
Members of the Oberammergau Passion Play, which has been telling the New Testament story of Jesus’ death and resurrection since 1634, sing backstage in Oberammergau, Germany, July 12, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Angelika Warmuth-picture alliance via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

The director of Germany’s infamous Passion Play takes its antisemitic stereotypes by the horns

by Toby Axelrod and JTA August 18, 2022August 19, 2022
Jeremy Allen White as Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto in "The Bear." (Photo/Matt Dinerstein-FX)
Posted inJewish Life

Yes, kosher fans of ‘The Bear,’ you can make a beef braciole

Rob Eshman by Rob Eshman and Forward August 18, 2022August 18, 2022
The cast of "Follies," currently showing at the San Francisco Playhouse with costumes by Abra Berman.
Posted inUncategorized

Costume designer Abra Berman: ‘All the world’s a stage, and I want to costume it’

by Liz Harris August 18, 2022
Philosopher Jason Stanley (Photo/Forward-Courtesy Yale University)
Posted inNews

A philosopher went viral for tweeting about ‘polite dinners’ with Nazis. Here’s what he really thinks.

by Sarah Nachimson and Forward August 17, 2022
Letty Cottin Pogrebin, the founder of Ms. Magazine and author, most recently, of "Shanda: A Memoir of Shame and Secrecy," will kick off the "Go Read It!" series. (Photo/File)
Posted inBooks

‘Go Read It!’ Free virtual Contra Costa author series kicks off Sept. 1 

by J. Staff August 17, 2022August 17, 2022

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